Bang! Zoom! The Honeymooners Will Make Their World Premiere in 2015 | Playbill

News Bang! Zoom! The Honeymooners Will Make Their World Premiere in 2015 The Honeymooners, a new musical based on the legendary CBS television series of the same name, will get its world premiere as part of Goodspeed Musicals' 2015 season.

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John Rando will direct Photo by Monica Simoes

Directed by Tony Award winner John Rando (On the Town, A Christmas Story, Urinetown), who helms the show's upcoming industry readings (presented by Goodspeed and Jeffrey Finn Productions), the musical features a book by Dusty Kay and Bill Nuss, music by Stephen Weiner and lyrics by Peter Mills.

Here's how it's billed: "Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton are back and still shooting for the moon in this world-premiere musical. Filled with big laughs and an infectious score, The Honeymooners will bang-zoom its way into theatergoers' hearts."

The Honeymooners is being presented in association with Jeffrey Finn Productions, and under a license from CBS Broadcasting, Inc. Performances will run Sept. 18-Nov. 29, 2015.

The cast of the November readings features Tony Award winner Michael McGrath as Ralph Kramden, four-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Hank Azaria as Ed Norton, Drama Desk Award nominee Leslie Kritzer as Alice Kramden and Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee Megan Hilty as Trixie Norton. No casting has been announced for the upcoming production.

The Goodspeed season will also include Guys and Dolls, which will run April 10-June 20, and La Cage aux Folles, which will run June 26-Sept. 6.

Guys and Dolls has music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows and is based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon.

La Cage aux Folles features music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, a book by Harvey Fierstein and is based on the play by Jean Poiret.

Advance season subscriptions are on sale through the box office at (860) 873-8668. Single tickets go on public sale Feb. 15, 2015. Visit Goodspeed.org.

 
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